A computer these days is a consumer item. If you need a computer then you need a computer and you buy one. If you can wait then you do not need a computer.
These days upgrades are marketing pushed gimmicks that are 99% of the times not essential......
Would the expected graphics card update make the new, upcoming Mac Minis better at for computer games than the 2011 MC816A/LL one with the AMD Raedon card? I heard the 2012 ones still didn't beat out the AMD Raedon Mac Mini in computer game performance.
I will wait till late October. As others have said, there won't be that much of I a noticeable improvement, but I'm sure all that what's coming, will be available at the same price as now, and there is no reason not to wait 1-2 months also. I would wait even if I knew that new Mac mini will be out at February 14. It would be nice to know though
Take your time and save your money for an i7 version (with PCI-e SSD). Otherwise, new iMacs are good choice, too...
I think the Mini is on a 400-day cycle, so the next update will be Spring 2014 with Haswell. I waited forever for the 2012, then it comes out with the HDMI issue, returned it, and bought a refurb 2011. So all that waiting was for nothing. Beware, there's a WiFi 802.11ac issue with the updated Airs, so before I buy another Apple product, I want to make sure that's been resolved (it looks like a Broadcom issue that so far hasn't been fixed, may be an issue in silicon).
Just sold my 2009 24" iMac to get my future next gen Mac Mini. I hope it's not too long of a wait!
do you have a good monitor? how many inches?
I would suggest
- 24.1"
- 1920 × 1200 resolution
- IPS Panel
do you agree?
I'd be using a 24" Dell Ultrasharp 2405FPW at 1920 x 1200 resolution. Probably one of the best Dell's ever made. My present Mac Mini is used as my bedroom HTPC. I have that connected to a 40" Samsung HDTV. Works incredibly well
I use my 2011 base mini (upgraded to 8gb ram) as an HTPC for a 55" 1080p 3D plasma and it has zero problems in this capacity. It plays media locally as well as streaming to a roku XD.
When I first got it, I was still occasionally playing graphical games and it even managed to handle that mostly on the big screen.
Incredible workhorses packed into a convenient, small shell.
I am going to buy a Mac Mini to substitute my mid-2010 iMac (i7, 12GB).
The only reason for that are my eyes.
I will buy a matte 24" display and get rid of the ultra-glossy 27" that's burning my retina day by day, year after year.
I'm sorry to do that but I couldn't find any better solution to de-glossyfy the display.
Also, I think the 27" are playing their role in this thing.
EDIT: Returning to the main topic of the conversation (rumors ), I think there will be bigger update then what I though. If otherwise, Apple would have upgraded the Mac Mini when the iMac where upgraded with the Haswell CPUs.
Can't wait to see what's behind the scenes
I've written about this before - I changed my monitor to one that is using current control for the brightness of the screen rather than pulse width modulation. If the PMW frequency has been set too low then you'll notice flicker and if it has been set just above flicker then some people can get got sore / dry eyes and / or headaches (suffered from all of this). With the Dell U2913WM and the Dell U2713H I have no more problems. The U2713H is a wide gamut screen and the colors are really fantastic but for day to day office use (non photographic stuff) I much prefer the U2913WM. Less tilting of the head and less sore neck.
I read about this before, can you suggest me a screen that takes into account what you said and is ~24"?I've written about this before - I changed my monitor to one that is using current control for the brightness of the screen rather than pulse width modulation. If the PMW frequency has been set too low then you'll notice flicker and if it has been set just above flicker then some people can get got sore / dry eyes and / or headaches (suffered from all of this). With the Dell U2913WM and the Dell U2713H I have no more problems. The U2713H is a wide gamut screen and the colors are really fantastic but for day to day office use (non photographic stuff) I much prefer the U2913WM. Less tilting of the head and less sore neck.
I would suggest these IPS 24'' monitors with 1920 x 1200 res. and wonderful brightness...
http://www.eizo.com/na/products/flexscan/ev2436w/index.html#tab02
(EIZO)
http://www.iiyama.com/gl_en/products/prolite-xb2485wsu-1/
(IIYAMA)
http://www.asus.com/Monitors_Projectors/PA248Q/#overview
(ASUS)
http://www.necdisplay.com/p/ea244wmi-bk?comparison=1
(NEC)
http://www.benq.com/product/monitor/bl2411pt/specifications/
(BenQ)
do you want to see more? ...
no new mac mini from apple today
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Do these one take into account the backlight problem exposed above?